diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index 74cc0fc6bb8169894cd7820f3877432796a7e628..ce61f423542c18b1a691d73f4f5d7cc4ca94ec75 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static void audit_update_watch(struct audit_parent *parent,
 
 		/* If the update involves invalidating rules, do the inode-based
 		 * filtering now, so we don't omit records. */
-		if (invalidating &&
+		if (invalidating && current->audit_context &&
 		    audit_filter_inodes(current, current->audit_context) == AUDIT_RECORD_CONTEXT)
 			audit_set_auditable(current->audit_context);